Movie
The Aristocrats
Synopsis
"A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up, made unique by each comedian who tells it in an attempt to fashion the world's dirtiest joke. The cat was finally let out of the bag by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, the seasoned funnymen who gathered together a hundred people to tell a hundred different renditions of the bit. Among those presenting their personal take on The Aristocrats in this film of the same name are Jason Alexander, Robin Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, Jon Stewart, Emo Philips, and Chris Rock. The Aristocrats premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Billy Connolly
- Eddie Izzard
- Hank Azaria
- Teller
- Shelley Berman
- Carrie Fisher
- Eric Idle
- Larry Miller
- Andy Richter
- Ken Krasher Lewis
- Emery Emery
- Wayne Cotter
- Chris Karwowski
- Frank DiGiacomo
- Michael McKean
- Rip Taylor
- Carrie Fisher
- Todd Glass
- Howie Mandel
- Mario Cantone
- Richard Jeni
- Dana Gould
- David Brenner
- Jon Ross
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Carol Kolb
- Eric Idle
- Lisa Lampanelli
- Mark Cohen
- Doug Stanhope
- Shelley Berman
- Franco Di Giacomo
- Eddie Gorodetsky
- Steven Banks
- Jeffrey Ross
- Don Rickles
- Richard Lewis
- David Steinberg
- Joe Franklin
- Jay Kogen
- Drew Carey
- Larry Storch
- Michael Lynn
- Joe Garden
- Todd Hanson
- Gary Owens
- David Brenner
- Phyllis Diller
- Emo Philips
- Alan Kirschenbaum
- Hank Azaria
- Fred Willard
- Johnny Thompson
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Paul Krassner
- Jay Marshall
- Billy Connolly
- Dave Thomas
- Gregg Rogel
- Paul Reiser
- Steven Wright
- Dick Smothers
- Susie Essman
- Eddie Izzard
- Martin Mull
- Matt Stone
- Chuck McCann
- Jackie Martling
- Tim Conway
- Penn Jillette
- Rita Rudner
- Wendy Liebman
- Ezekiel Zabrowski
- Chris Albrecht
- Chris Albrecht
- Robin Williams
- Bob Saget
- T. Sean Shannon
- Farley Ziegler
- Jonathan Wee
- Lewis Black
- Cathy Ladman
- Jason Alexander
- Sue Kolinsky
- Jake Johannsen
- Larry Miller
- Carrot Top
- Jonathan Ross
- Kevin Pollak
- Teller
- The Amazing Johnathan
- Peter Tilden
- Allan Havey
- Paul Provenza
- Tim Harrod
- Rick Overton
- Bill Maher
- George Carlin
- Kevin Nealon
- Jon Stewart
- Judy Gold
- Chris Rock
- Tom Smothers
- Bruce Vilanch
- Harry Shearer
- Dom Irrera
- Peter Pitofsky
- Sarah Silverman
- Carrie Snow
- Otto Peterson
- Merrill Markoe
- Glenn S. Alai
- Andy Dick
- Taylor Negrón
- Owen Morse
- Trey Parker
- Bobby Slayton
- Eric Mead
- Pat Cooper
